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free-climb

verb

Definition of free-climb

as in to summit

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Recent Examples of free-climb Potter later became the first person to free-climb both Half Dome and El Capitan in less than 24 hours. — Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026

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If that continues, the stock market can continue to summit fresh peaks, even if multiples fall.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 July 2026
Kiener’s Route is a popular path taken to summit Longs Peak because it is considered the easiest way to the summit, according to the American Alpine Institute.

— Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of summit

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After being moved from guard to tackle before training camp last season, Thomas quickly ascended up the depth chart.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
One of the children, a boy wrapped only in a towel, fled the riverbank in a panic and ascended to the road as the adults were drowning.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of ascend

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The data center business alone has scaled something like 13 times since fiscal year 2023, when total company revenue was just $27 billion!

— Todd Gordon, CNBC, 22 July 2026
In the clip, George takes part in a number of hobbies, including cricket, scaling rocks, and hanging out with one of the family dogs.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 22 July 2026

Definition of scale

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With flight sticking to LEO during Artemis III, communication limitations become a lot easier to surmount.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 July 2026
While wearables were already a hard enough curve to convince people on regarding constant data collection, embedding sensors and ways to collect data inside people’s homes will be an even higher threshold to surmount.

— Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of surmount

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Place the chicken in front of you, breast up, with the neck pointing away from you.

— Peter Barrett, Outside Online, 9 June 2025
Its superiority was passed like a shibboleth among food connoisseurs: Thighs are juicier, tastier, are almost half the price—preferable in just about every way to the boneless, skinless, flavorless breasts that reign supreme in America.

— Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2025

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